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Practice Areas:
U.S. And International Trademark Prosecution And Enforcement In The Global Market Place
Your Intellectual Property Issues

J. Alison Grabell

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Los Angeles, CA

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(310) 475-1025
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Alison Grabell focuses her practice of law on trademarks, copyrights and related
intellectual property matters. After twenty years associated with and as a partner at
various local and national law firms in Los Angeles, Ms. Grabell established her own
practice, MarkStarLaw, in February 2017. She concentrates on U.S. and international
trademark prosecution; copyright prosecution; intellectual property licensing;
enforcement and defense of intellectual property rights, including ex parte and inter
partes practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office; and intellectual property asset sales and acquisitions. Alison
maintains long-standing relationships with legal counsel worldwide to assist clients with
international intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Alison counsels clients in established, growing and young businesses across a wide
spectrum of industries. She focuses on educating and advising clients about opportunities
to develop, enhance and protect their intellectual property portfolios as valuable business
assets.Her strategic advice assists clients in positioning themselves to maximize
exploitation and protection of their IP assets.
Alison has received recognition as a SuperLawyer® and also as a leading IP attorney in
Los Angeles and among women lawyers, including one of forty “Angelenos to Know in
Intellectual Property Law” in Who’s Who in L.A. Law, published by the Los Angeles
Business Journal.
Alison’s practice is grounded in her academic and professional experience in
international relations. Alison represented the United States abroad as a member of the
diplomatic corps, participated as a volunteer in the Protocol Office at the 1984 Los
Angeles Olympics and served as Editor-in-Chief of her law schools’s international law
journal.
Expertise:
• Guides companies in developing core brands and protecting them worldwide
• Conducts worldwide due diligence to clear trademarks
• Develops registration and enforcement strategies
• Coordinates and maintains trademark and copyright portfolios
• Negotiates license, distribution and consent agreements to maximize exploitation
of brands
• Advises on parent-subsidiary intellectual property ownership
• Appears before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on appeals of refusals of
registration and in opposition and cancellation proceedings

 

Education

  • Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
    • J.D. - 1996
  • Johns Hopkins University
    • M.I.P.P. - 1981
    • Major: International Public Policy
  • Mount Holyoke College
    • B.A. - 1970

Past Positions

  • United States Foreign Service, 1970 to 1983
  • Foreign Affairs Consultant, 1983 to 1989
  • Blakely, Sokoloff LLP, Certified IP Paralegal, 1990 to 1993
  • Small, Larkin LLP, 1997 to 2002
  • Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch LLP, 2002 to 2005
  • Liner Yankelevitz LLP, 2005 to 2007
  • Venable LLP, 2007 to 2008
  • Brutzkus Gubner LLP, 2008 to 01/2017

Published Works

  • California
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
  • U.S. Federal Courts

Professional Associations

  • Former Executive Committee and member, Intellectual Property Law Section of
  • International Trademark Association (Editor, The Trademark Reporter)
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section and Member;, 2004

Practice Areas

  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights
  • Intellectual Property

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
  • U.S. Federal Courts

Contact The Office

MarkStarLaw
10430 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 9
Los Angeles, California 90024
Phone: 310-475-1025
Los Angeles Office
  • Rated By Super Lawyers | J Alison Grabell | 5 Years
  • Rated By Super Lawyers | Top 100, Southern California | SuperLawyers.com
  • Rated By Super Lawyers | Top 50 Women, Southern California | SuperLawyers.com

MarkStarLaw serves intellectual property clients in Los Angeles, California, as well as nationally and internationally.

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